Silence in the Land of Logos /

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In ancient Greece, the spoken word connoted power, whether in the free speech accorded to citizens or in the voice of the poet, whose song was thought to know no earthly bounds. But how did silence fit into the mental framework of a society that valued speech so highly? Here Silvia Montiglio provide...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Montiglio, Silvia, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2000]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Silence.
Literature and society.
Literature and anthropology.
Silence in literature.
Greek literature.
Civilization.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Litterature et societe > Grece.
Litterature et anthropologie > Grece.
Silence dans la litterature.
Litterature grecque > Histoire et critique.
Literature and society > Greece.
Literature and anthropology > Greece.
Greek literature > History and criticism.
Greece.
Grece > Civilisation.
Greece > Civilization.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Sources; Introduction; Chapter One: Religious Silence without an Ineffable God; Chapter Two: A Silent Body in a Sonorous World: Silence and Heroic Values in the Iliad; Chapter Three: The Poet's Voice against Silence; Chapter Four: "I Will Be Silent": Figures of Silence and Representations of Speaking in Athenian Oratory; Chapter Five: Words Staging Silence; Chapter Six: Silence and Tragic Destiny; Chapter Seven: Silence, a Herald of Death; Chapter Eight: Silence, Ruse, and Endurance: Odysseus and Beyond.

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